Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion

2nd edition

This text is the official revision of Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture, used as a textbook by the International Acupuncture Training Centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing. The book incorporates the experience of class teaching and clinical practice and the results of acupuncture research, retaining the characteristic features of the traditional theory of acupuncture and stressing the integration of theory and practice.

Contents

Chapter 1
A Brief History of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Chapter 2
Yin-Yang and the Five Elements
Chapter 3
The Zang-Fu Organs
Chapter 4
Qi, Blood and Body Fluid
Chapter 5
The Meridians and Collaterals
Chapter 6
An Introduction to Acupuncture Points
Chapter 7
Acupuncture Points of the Taiyin and Yangming Meridian
Chapter 8
Acupuncture Points of the Shaoyin and Taiyang Meridians
Chapter 9
Acupuncture Points of Jueyin and Shaoyang Meridians
Chapter 10
Acupuncture Points of the Governor and the Conception Vessels and the Extra Points
Chapter 11
Aetiology and Pathogenesis
Chapter 12
Diagnostic Methods
Chapter 13
Differentiation of Syndromes
Chapter 14
Acupuncture Techniques
Chapter 15
Moxibustion and Cupping Method
Chapter 16
General Introduction to Acupuncture Treatment
Chapter 17
Internal Diseases
Chapter 18
Gynecological and Other Diseases
Supplementary Section

This textbook is jointly compiled in accordance with the outline for compiling the textbook series for foreign students in the college and universities of TCM published by Wuhan University. This textbook is designed, with the consultation of the present textbooks about acupuncture and moxibustion, and with the consideration of the feature in foreign students' teaching, mainly for foreign students s... Read More...

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Drawing of 44 years of teaching and studying both acupuncture and human anatomy, the author presents a compilation of 70 full-colour illustrations that depict the layered anatomy of the body and denote the acupuncture points in relation to the skin, muscles, blood vessels and nerves, organs, and skeleton. Additionally, the author describes the points of the 14 channels and reviews each point in t... Read More...

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The Chart illustrates all 14 Meridians and all the Extra points. It lists the names in PinYin with tones so practitioners can pronounce them properly, but Traditional Chinese names are also displayed on each point. Includes a 44 page pamphlet with additional explanations. ... Read More...

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